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Patent GB-191310426-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheels for Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: SMITH JOSEPH EDWIN
IPC: B60B1/00
Filed: 1913-05-03
Granted: 1913-12-18
Abstract: 10,426. Smith, J. E. May 3. Spokes, securing and adjusting.-The rim of a wheel is formed partly solid with the wheel and partly in segments which are adjustable radially for the attachment of tyres or tyrecarrying rims. The segments c, Fig. 1, are provided with threaded shanks h, on which work nuts i for outward adjustment, and which have reduced extensions e adapted to enter recesses in the wheel centre b, rotation of the segments being prevented by cottars o passing through slots in the extensions. Adjustment in both directions may be obtained by a nut r, Fig. 6, working in a box-like formation 2 on the outer part of the wheel centre, or between the wheel centre and a plate fixed thereto; or the segments may have brackets with hollow bosses u, Fig. 7, sliding non-rotatably on the end of the fixed part of the spoke system, under the action of nuts w bearing on each side of the bosses t and working on the threaded ends of the spokes. The ends of the segments are bevelled alternately in opposite directions, one series having flanges which bear on the undersides of the other series when the segments are properly adjusted. A pair of templet rings 6 are used to obtain a true circle and are bolted to lugs 8 formed on each segment. Radial screws may be provided for loosening the tyre or tyre-carrying rim when required to be removed.
Patent GB-191310922-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, Apparatus for Filling Bags, or Containers, with Tea, Tobacco, and other like Substances.
IPC: B65B1/48
Filed: 1913-05-08
Granted: 1914-05-07
Abstract: 10,922. Rose, W., and Rose Bros. May 8. Packing tea &c. into paper bags.-Relates to apparatus for removing insufficiently charged bags from packeting-machines. A detecting- plunger 2 is adapted to enter the bags 16. and, in the event of the bag being sufficiently filled, is forced upwards relatively to the carrier 1 against a spring 7. If the bag is insufficiently filled, the plunger descends, retaining a projection 4 in alinement with a gripper 3, which is then released from the inoperative position by an arm 28 and closes on the bag. The crosshead 18 then rises and the arm 23 engaging in a cam-path 25 causes the carrier 1 to be tilted towards the left, and at the same time the gripper 3 is released by a stud 34 acting on the arm 14 so that the bag falls clear of the machine.
Patent GB-191311540-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Detecting Icebergs at Sea.
Inventor: KRUEGER FRIEDRICH
IPC: B63B51/00
Filed: 1913-05-17
Granted: 1914-02-05
Abstract: 11,540. Kr³ger, F. Dec. 31, 1912, [Convention date]. Thermometers.-Means carried by a ship for detecting icebergs at sea consist of a surface thermopile or surface bolometer placed at the focus of a large spherical or paraboloidal mirror upon which the radiation from the iceberg is directed, and connected to a moving-coil galvanometer or to a Wollaston-wire or like galvanometer, such as an Einthoven galvanometer.
Patent GB-191311932-A (GB)
Title: Improved Fastenings for Doors, Windows and the like.
Inventor: CARSON WILLIAM RALSTON
IPC: E05C3/04
Filed: 1913-05-22
Granted: 1914-02-05
Abstract: 11,932. Carson, W. R. May 22. Cupboard-turns. - Relates to fastenings for manhole, bulkhead, oil-tank, air-tank, smokebox, and like doors and windows &c., of the type in which an arm with a wedge surface on the door &c, bears upon an incline on the frame. The pivot of the arm 1 is in the form of a screw 3, which is adjustably connected to the arm, and is retained in a slot 4 in the door by a projection 5.
Patent GB-191314158-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mounts for Photograph Frames.
IPC: A47G1/14
Filed: 1913-06-19
Granted: 1914-06-18
Abstract: 14,158. Hall, G. H. B., and Hart & Sons. June 19. Picture and like mounts.-Interchangeable mounts are formed of a series of sheets A, B, C having apertures of different sizes and connected together at the top edge. The sheet having the longest aperture is at the top, and the others are arranged in order of size beneath it, the picture or photograph being inserted under the sheet having the appropriate aperture.
Patent GB-191319396-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Feeding Mechanism for Screw Nicking and Turning Machines.
Inventor: AVERY WILLIAM
IPC: B23Q7/04
Filed: 1913-08-27
Granted: 1914-08-20
Abstract: 19,396. Avery, W. Aug. 27. Turning.-Blank - supplying mechanism, for feeding wood-screw blanks to machines of the type described in Specification 11,104/08 is improved in details. The arm 21, Fig. 7, which transfers the blanks from the shoot 1, 2 and inserts them in the chuck spindle, has a sleeved end 23, Fig. 10, provided with a lug 24 and containing a rod 25 movable axially, as determined by stops 26, 29 contacting alternately with a fixed abutment 30, and carrying a fixed finger 32, Fig. 5, and a spring-attached movable finger 31. The sides of the shoot carry rock-shafts bearing fingers 11, 15, which operate alternately. The heads of the blanks are positioned by a front plate 3, Fig. 3, sliding under the control of pins and slots 36 and a spring 37, and being raised when the fingers 31, 32 are receiving a blank. The motion of the plate 3 assists the regular descent of the blanks. In operation, the arm 21 is raised to receive a blank by a cam 40, Fig. 7, and the lug 24 engages abutments 16 operating the rock-shafts 7, 8 to spread the fingers 11, thus dropping the lowest blank into the fingers 31, 32 which have been opened by contact with the inclined end of the shoot, as shown in Fig. 5. The fingers 15 at the same time are rocked inwards to assist the succeeding blank. The lug 24 also raises the plate 3. The arm 21 is lowered to a position below the chuck axis during the ejection of the finished screw from the chuck, as described in Specification 11,104/08, and is raised for the insertion of the blank by a cam 41. The shaft 22 is moved axially, and, the stop 29 arresting the bar 25, the lug 24 advances and pushes the screw into the chuck to a predetermined pcsition. A cam 42 engages a wing 43 and positively lowers the carrier, leaving the blank in the chuck.
Patent GB-191319762-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Washing Smoke.
Inventor: JACKSON JAMES DOWSON
IPC: B01D47/06
Filed: 1913-09-01
Granted: 1914-03-26
Abstract: 19,762. Jackson, J. D. Sept. 1. Washing.-In smoke-washing apparatus of the kind described in Specification 4636/12, the baffle 8 above the smoke inlet is made adjustable both horizontally and vertically, the. spreaders 11 for the water-sprays 10 are made adjustable in two horizontal directions at right-angles, and the spray-water is heated. In the form shown, each spreader is formed by a socket 11 which receives a bolt 17, the bolt depending from a slot in a carrier 16 mounted on a cross-bar 15. The spray-water is preferably heated by passing it through a coil located in a heating-chamber. An additional baffle 19 may be provided at the top of the washing-chamber.
Patent GB-191320587-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Distributing Mechanism of Typographical Machines.
IPC: B41B11/18
Filed: 1913-09-11
Granted: 1914-09-10
Abstract: 20,587. Linotype and Machinery, Ltd., and Burgess, J. R. Sept. 11. Distributing matrices.-Relates to separator-box mechanism by which successively leading matrices are disengaged from the line preparatory to being engaged by the distributor, and consists in means controlled by the matrices for retaining such mechanism out of operation when no matrices are to be separated. The matrices 4 slide down inclined guides 3 and are separated by two vertically reciprocating dogs 5, 6, which are operated alternately, as heretofore, by levers 10, 9 and a cam 7. The operation of the device can be stopped by a pivoted trigger or detent 12, which is held out of action by the descending matrices. When the supply of matrices ceases, the detent engages a pin 13 on the lever 9 and holds the lever away from the cam 7.
Patent GB-191324912-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Food for Animals and Process for the Manufacture of same.
Inventor: WHALLEY JOHN JOSEPH ARTHUR DE
IPC: A23K1/00
Filed: 1913-11-01
Granted: 1914-10-29
Abstract: 24,912. Molassine Co., and Whalley, J. J. A. de. Nov. 1. Food for animals.-Any suitable starch-containing material, and preferably a by-product such as middlings or maize residue, is heated for a short time under pressure with about 2 per cent of sulphur dioxide in solution without saccharification taking place. The acid and steam are blown off, any remaining acid is neutralized, and the product is dried and ground. The product may be used alone or mixed with other food-stuff, or mixed with water, milk, or other liquid for feeding calves and lambs.
Patent GB-191326146-A (GB)
Title: A Two-way Plough Tractor.
Inventor: LINLEY CHARLES MONTAGUE
IPC: B62D49/06
Filed: 1913-11-14
Granted: 1915-01-14
Abstract: 26,146. Linley, C. M., and Vinson, R. Nov. 14. Agricultural tractors with internal-combustion engines.-A two-way plough-tractor comprises a frame 1 having at or beyond each end a steering-head 2 with the axle 3 hinged thereto, and carrying the shaft of the road-wheels, together with means for controlling the driving-power and for steering the wheels from both ends of the tractor alternately, and means for locking either pair of wheels against steering. The axles 3 carry members 6 hinged vertically upon extensions 35 of the frame to enable the wheels to be steered. A rotary joint 7 is provided at the junction of the frame 1 and extension 35 to allow warping or tilting of the axles to take place upon uneven ground. A steering-rod 26, operable at both ends of the tractor, works in threaded blocks supported upon uprights 25 rigidly attached to the axles. The wheels that for the time being are the rear wheels are locked by an arm 21, pivoted at a bracket 22 and provided with a notch, which is adapted to engage a pin on the wheel hub; a slider on the arm 21 is adapted to lock the pin in the notch, and the axle that for the time being is the front axle is left free to be steered by the rod 26. A rod 17, operable at either end of the tractor, controls gearing which will reverse the motor 16 or throw it out of gear. The motor 16 drives the tractor through a pinion 20 on a shaft 14, which is connected by a universal joint 15 with shafts 13, which drive the wheel axles through bevel and spur gearings. Hinged arms 29, with hooks or eyes and controlling-chains 34, are connected up to the pratt 32 of the plough.
Patent GB-191327053-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Processes for Removing Temporary Threads from Tubular Braided Fabrics and Apparatus used therein.
Inventor: HENKELS MAX
IPC: D04C3/48
Filed: 1913-11-24
Granted: 1915-07-15
Abstract: 27,053. Henkels, M. Nov. 24, Braid; lace.-A process for removing auxiliary threads, prepared by previous treatment with a 15 per cent solution of aluminium perchlorate or the like, from tubular braided fabrics consists in first heating the fabrics to a temperature of 100‹ C., by which the auxiliary threads are carbonized, and then mechanically brushing and blowing the fabrics to remove the carbonized particles. The fabrics, after carbonization, are opened by a mandrel b and ftattened out by being passed between rollers c. The fabrics then pass between a vertically reciprocating brush m and a stationary brush k, between rotating brushes t and over grids u, r, through which a current is maintained by suction or compressed air.
Patent GB-191329031-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Foot-arch Supports.
Inventor: MAY JOSEPH
IPC: A43B7/22
Filed: 1913-12-16
Granted: 1914-03-26
Abstract: 29,031. May, J. Dec. 16. Foot-arch supports of various known types are made so as to be rotatable and adjustable relatively to the centre-line of the sole of the foot. Fig. 1 shows a construction in which a curved spring support a is pivoted at a point b near the heel to a leather cover c, while its front portion engages by means of a pin e with one of a series of holes or slots f formed in the inner sole of the boot or in a metal plate d attached to the cover c. In a modification, Fig. 3, the pivot pin b may engage with any one of a series of holes formed in the inner sole or in a plate g attached to the cover c, thereby obtaining lateral and longitudinal adjustment as well as angular adjustment. The plate g may form a tongue in a plate attached to the boot, or may be secured to, or form part of, a separate heel-elevator. The pin b may be headed eccentrically so that it may be turned to lock the support a and the plate g together, and may be pointed so as to engage the inner sole of the boot and prevent movement of the support in the boot. The plates d, g are attached to the cover or insole at one end only so as to allow adjustment or exchange of the support a.
Patent GB-191400288-A (GB)
Title: A Process for Colouring Viscous Sugar Masses, more particularly Sweetmeat Masses.
IPC: A23L1/275
Filed: 1914-01-05
Granted: 1915-07-15
Abstract: 288. Ungemach Akt.-Ges. Els. Conserven-Fabrik & Import Ges. Feb. 25, 1913, [Convention date]. Colouring sugar.-Viscous sugar masses are coloured by the addition of a colouring previously dissolved with sugar, glucose, gelatine, &c., or mixtures thereof and reduced to a dry state, as by concentrating and forming into tablets. Specification 9442/89 is referred to.
Patent GB-191401673-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Harness and Analogous Paraphernalia for Horses.
Inventor: DARTNALL FREDERICK
IPC: B68B1/04
Filed: 1914-01-21
Granted: 1914-12-24
Abstract: 1673. Dartnall, F. Jan. 21. Materials. -Leading-reins, caverson reins, hobbles, &c. for horses are made of cotton. The cotton is preferably twisted into strands which are plaited or twisted together to form a composite strand; this may be provided with buckles, straps, &c. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 2021/87, 11,178/95, 19,788/95, 2378/96, 5775/96, and 9225/00.
Patent GB-191402707-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Controlling the Passage of Explosive Mixture to the Engine Cylinders.
Inventor: JONES THEODORE NORMAN
IPC: F02M63/00
Filed: 1914-02-02
Granted: 1914-09-03
Abstract: 2707. Jones, T. N. Feb. 2. Locks for internalcombustion engines, locks, permutation.-In an apparatus for cutting off the flow of explosive mixture to the cylinders of an internalcombustion engine to prevent unauthorized interference, a tube or tubes 19, 22 may be locked by a permutation lock with a stationary core 9 so as to close the induction pipe 6, or the core 9 may be withdrawn leaving it clear. The core 9 is screwed into the side of the induction pipe and is formed with a longitudinal tongue 14 parts of which are cut away so as to leave projections 32. The tubes project, in the case of a motor vehicle, through the dash board 16, and their outer ends are marked so that they can be rotated independently to any position. The two tubes each operate two tumblers placed at their inner ends in such a way that, when all four tumblers are in a certain position, slots on their inner peripheries coincide with the projections 32, so that the tubes may be moved longitudinally and leave the induction pipe clear. In all other positions, the tumblers engage the projection 32 and lock the tubes in the closed position. The end tumbler 24 is rotated directly by the outer tube 19, while the adjacent tumbler 45 is rotated from the end tumbler 24 by a pin and slot connexion which allows a relative rotation amounting to nearly one revolution. The two tumblers can thus be set in any position. The inner tube 22 is similarly provided with two tumblers 51, 54. The tumblers are held in position by spring- pressed click balls 36.
Patent GB-191403810-A (GB)
Title: Nut-lock.
Inventor: DEBRIE ANDRE
IPC: F16B39/04
Filed: 1913-03-25
Granted: 1914-03-25
Abstract: 3810. Debrie, A. March 25, 1913. Locking nuts.-A nut is locked on a bolt by means of teeth 6 cut on the bolt and engaged by a screw 7 mounted in the nut. The device is particularly adapted for use with precision apparatus and with tripods for cinematograph cameras.
Patent GB-191404540-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pulling-over or like Machines for Conforming Uppers to Lasts.
IPC: A43D75/00
Filed: 1914-02-21
Granted: 1915-02-18
Abstract: 4540. Darnill, W. W., Whitby, F., and British United Shoe Machinery Co. Feb. 21. Pulling-over.-In a pulling-over or like machine, such as those of the type described in Specifications 12,304/03 and 24,783/10, a presser member H carried by an abutment H<1>, when moved into engagement with the shoe, adjusts itself into parallelism with the portion of the last against which it bears, and the back of the abutment H' is then engaged by an abutment E' on the ticker E, causing the tacker to turn about an axis approximately at right-angles to the last-bottom. According to the present invention, the position of the driven tacks J is more accurately determined by providing an adjusting- screw I in an extended portion H<3> of the abutment H<1>. The abutment E' is adjustably secured to the tacker, as is usual, to enable the distance of the tacks from the edge of the last to be varied.
Patent GB-191405298-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Expansion Pulleys.
Inventor: CAMPBELL LEON WILLIAM
IPC: F16H55/54
Filed: 1914-03-02
Granted: 1915-02-04
Abstract: 5298. Campbell, L. W. March 2. Expanding pulleys comprise belt-engaging segments 10 each provided with a spoke 11 which is tangential to a central pinion 14 and toothed to engage therewith. Bearing - disks 12 constitute guides for the spokes. For rotating the pinion 14 relatively to the remainder of the pulley and so adjusting the diameter, the pinion is mounted on a shaft 19, to the right-hand of which is affixed a bevel-gear 25 engaging a bevelwheel 26 on a transverse shaft 27. The ends of this shaft are mounted in bearings in a member 28 carried by a sleeve 17, to which the main portion is attached so as to rotate in unison therewith. Pinions 29 on the shaft 27 engage rack-bars 30 slidable in grooves in the member 28 and fixed to a yoke 32, provided with a housing 33 for receiving a head 34. The head is carried by a screw shaft 35, which may be rotated by means of the hand-wheel 39. Two pulleys may be arranged side by side and are inversely adjusted by one central shaft. The pulley bearings are mounted in a swinging frame comprising arms 40 and a rock-shaft 41.
Patent GB-191410489-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Advertisement or Display Apparatus.
Inventor: MITCHELL WILLIAM FRANK
IPC: G09F11/06
Filed: 1914-04-28
Granted: 1914-11-26
Abstract: 10,489. Mitchell, W. F. April 28. Rotary hinged leaves and the like.-Frames or arms carrying advertisements, announcements, post cards, pictures, or wares are turned intermittently by c a m - mechanism for successive display. As shown in elevation in Fig. 1, and in plan in Fig. 2, the frames a may be attached to rods b, which are mounted in bearings in two disks c, d on a vertical shaft c and are bent at right-angles below the lower disk. The bent portion of each rod is engaged by a tongue k on the cam g so that first the rod with its frame is turned through 180 degrees, a spring l engaging the rod to prevent overrunning, and then the disks, shaft, and frames are carried round the distance from one rod to the next. The cam may be rotated by worm gear.
Patent GB-191410778-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fluid Pressure Cushioning Devices.
Inventor: LIEBAU RICHARD
IPC: B60G17/044
Filed: 1914-05-01
Granted: 1915-05-03
Abstract: 10,778. Liebau, R. May 13, 1913, [Convention date]. Composite and pneumatic springs. -Relates to hydro-pneumatic cushioning-devices of the telescopic chamber type described in Specification 21,558/10, in which a pump is employed to return the fluid which leaks past the sliding joint to the liquid chamber, and consists in arranging the telescoping chambers so that a larger cross-section is effective for heavy loads than for light loads. This is effected in the form shown by interposing between the two telescopic parts 2, 24 a third floating cylinder 16, whereby the closed chamber is caused to have two potential diameters. The inner closed member comprises the cap 3, the sliding tubular piston 2, and the outer casing 70 with a bracket 72 for mounting on a vehicle body. The outer closed member comprises the cylinder 24 having a bracket 61 for mounting on the wheel axle. Between these two is the tubular floating piston 16, 21, which first rises, as the internal pressure is increased, until the washer 68 engages with the bracket 69, whereupon it is depressed with further increase of load. The pressure packings 8, 23 are both constructed, as described in the abovementioned Specification, of a flanged leather washer held up by a conical spring ring 14, 28. Oil leakage from both joints falls into the chamber 41 and is pumped back by the pump 34, operated by the motion of the fluid acting on the plate 47 during -vibrations of the spring. The plate 47 has a certain' amount of lost motion between the collars 48, 49 on the pump. The bracket 80 is provided to prevent the cylinder 16 from falling from the plunger 2 during assembling. Stops 65, 64 and 82, 83 limit the separation of the parts, and an inspection plate 73 is provided. The hydro-pneumatic spring may be used on vehicles either alone or in combination with the usual springs.
Patent GB-191411764-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Haulage Clips.
Inventor: DOOTSON ALBERT
IPC: B61B12/12
Filed: 1914-05-13
Granted: 1915-06-14
Abstract: 11,764. Dootson, A. May 13. [Cognate Application, 21,811/14.] Rope grips.-Relates to haulage clips having a cam-operated sliding jaw which is positively retracted tu release the grip, and comprises means for preventing locking of the parts upon the rope, and improved means for retracting the sliding jaw. In the form shown in Fig. 4, the jaw b slides in a casing a upon which is formed the fixed jaw a<1>. A lug b<1> on this jaw passes down through a slot in the end of the camlever and carries a pin b<2> engaging a second slot at right-angles. The cam-lever is prevented from jamming by the part c<6> engaging the side of the casing. The jaw is positively retracted by the pin-and-slot mechanism. A pawl g serves to lock the grip if desired.
Patent GB-191419116-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Warning on Railway Locomotives & the like.
Inventor: TAYLOR JAMES AVANDO
IPC: B61L3/04
Filed: 1914-08-27
Granted: 1915-09-27
Abstract: 19,116. Taylor, J. A. Aug. 27. Track apparatus actuating signals on trains and for stopping trains.-The whistle valve, brake valve, and throttle valve are operated when a train passes a ramp at danger, and the whistle is again operated as the engine contact returns to normal, as when a ramp is lowered to clear position while the train contact is over it. The train contact member is a roller D supported on links O so as to be transversely adjustable on a square spindle carrying a cam S, which raises a pivoted spring-pressed member E connected by rods to rods G carrying lugs H, I, J actuating the several valves. The lever V controlling the whistle valve is arranged so as to open the valve on movement of the lug I in either direction. In place of mechanical transmission, as shown, the cam S may actuate a steam valve controlling a cylinder operating the rods G. The ramp C is carried on cranked links T.
Patent GB-191422776-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air Admission Devices for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: GOODYEAR EDWARD JAMES
IPC: F02D9/00
Filed: 1914-11-19
Granted: 1915-11-19
Abstract: 22,776. Goodyear, E. J. Dec. 31, 1913, [Convention date]. Combinations of interdependent valves; check lift valves. - Air is admitted to an internalcombustion engine by a valve device comprising an outwardly-opening hand-actuated valve 12 upon which is mounted an inwardly - opening suction - actuated valve 15, both valves being enclosed in a casing with air inlet ports 7. The valve 12 is provided with air passages 14 and is loaded by a spring 13 around its spindle 11 which carries a screwed rod 16 which may be adjusted to vary the load of the spring 18 on the valve 15 and serves also for actuating the valve 12 by a cord or wire 21. The sleeve 11 may be locked during adjustment by a setscrew 20.